Heartwarming Pioneer Romance Fiction

For those of us who enjoy the comforting reads like Janette Oke's Love Come Softly series.

Updated October 27, 2023
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Belonging
Hatcher, Robin Lee.
Paper Book
In the high desert town of Frenchman's Bluff, Idaho, Felicia Kristoffersen has set out to create a future for herself that is better than her painful past. Alone in the world with only her faith to sustain her, she must prove herself as this tiny community's new school teacher. She cannot, must...
Braced for Love Brothers in Arms Series, Book 1
Connealy, Mary.
Ebook
Left with little back in Missouri, Kevin Hunt takes his younger siblings on a journey to Wyoming when he receives news that he's inheriting part of a ranch. The catch is that the ranch is also being given to a half brother he never knew existed. Turns out, Kevin's supposedly dead father led a secret...
A bride in the bargain
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
In 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland. But because of his wife's untimely death, Joe Denton finds himself about to lose half of his claim. Still in mourning, his best solution is to buy one of those Mercer girls arriving from the East. A woman he'll marry...
A Bride Most Begrudging A Novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Ebook
When Lady Constance Morrow ?nds herself held against her will aboard a ship bound for the American colonies--a ship ?lled with "tobacco brides" and felons--she is quite sure that as soon as she arrives she will ?nd a reasonable man who will believe her father is an earl and send her back on the next...
Courting misfortune
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, she's sent to the rowdy mining town of Joplin, Missouri, despite having extended family in the area. Will their meddling expose her mission and...
Courting misfortune
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
Calista York needs one more successful case as a Pinkerton operative to secure her job. When she's assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of a mob boss, she's sent to the rowdy mining town of Joplin, Missouri, despite having extended family in the area. Will their meddling expose her mission and...
A Cowboy for Keeps Colorado Cowboys Series, Book 1
Hedlund, Jody.
Ebook
Greta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong. First, bandits hold up her stagecoach, stealing all her money. Then, upon arriving in Fairplay, Colorado, she learns the man she was betrothed to as a mail-order bride has died. Homeless, penniless,...
Deeply devoted : a novel
Brendan, Maggie
Paper Book
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for America as a mail-order bride, she brings along some extra baggage: two sisters, her mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. When she arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she promptly marries Peter Andersen and dreams of starting life over in this...
Engaging deception
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
A lively competition draws her into her rival's blueprints--and maybe even his heart.Olive Kentworth has spent her life hiding her interest in architecture, even though she pores over architectural books and sketches buildings. When she accepts a job on a home expansion, it's only because her...
Forged in love
Connealy, Mary
Ebook
When sparks begin to fly, can a friendship cast in iron be shaped into something more?Mariah Stover is left for dead and with no memory when the Deadeye Gang robs the stagecoach she's riding in, killing both her father and brother. As she takes over her father's blacksmith shop and tries to...
Love comes softly
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
A marriage of convenience blooms into heartfelt love in an Old West homestead. Over 1 million sold
Maid to match
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled--by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's...
Maid to match
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled--by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's...
The Meeting Place Song of Acadia Series, Book 1
Oke, Janette
Ebook
A Chance Encounter Forever Changed Their Lives--and Destinies.Crafted by two masters of inspirational fiction--Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn--and combining the engaging historical settings, rich characterization, and heartwarming messages quintessential to both authors, The Meeting Place is another...
Proposing mischief
Jennings, Regina
Ebook
Only one person can give her the freedom she seeks--but is it worth the risk?Maisie Kentworth is being forced to stay on her parents' ranch. After a short-lived relationship with the wrong man, she's worried about inflaming things further between her former beau and her protective family....
Proposing Mischief The Joplin Chronicles Series, Book 2
Jennings, Regina.
Ebook
Only one person can give her the freedom she seeks--but is it worth the risk?Maisie Kentworth is being forced to stay on her parents' ranch. After a short-lived relationship with the wrong man, she's worried about inflaming things further between her former beau and her protective family....
Redeeming Love A Novel
Rivers, Francine
Ebook
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * The classic story that has captured the hearts of millions worldwide: a tragically wounded soul, the man called to marry her, and the only love that heals all. "A literary masterpiece, reminding us that God's love is...
Short-Straw Bride Archer Brothers Series, Book 1
Witemeyer, Karen.
Ebook
Lighthearted Historical Romance From a Rising StarNo one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk.Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a...
Sixty acres and a bride
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
She's Finally Found a Place to Call Home . . . How Far Will She Go to Save It?With nothing to their names, young widow Rosa Garner and her mother-in-law return to their Texas family ranch. Only now the county is demanding back taxes and the women have just three months to pay.Though facing...
Sixty acres and a bride
Jennings, Regina
Paper Book
She's Finally Found a Place to Call Home . . . How Far Will She Go to Save It?With nothing to their names, young widow Rosa Garner and her mother-in-law return to their Texas family ranch. Only now the county is demanding back taxes and the women have just three months to pay.Though facing...
The tender years
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
Desperate to escape the confinement of adolescence and rebel against restrictions, Virginia befriends a new girl at school who is everything she wants to be--independent, pretty, and gutsy--in a poignant coming-of-age story. IP.
Tiffany Girl : a novel
Gist, Deeanne.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive "New Woman"--the girl behind Tiffany's chapel--and the love that threatens it all. As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair set Chicago and...
To everything a season
Snelling, Lauraine
Paper Book
Beloved Author Lauraine Snelling Returns Again to Her Popular Red River Valley Setting Trygve Knutson is devoted to his family and his community. With his job on the construction crew, he is helping to build a future for the North Dakota town of Blessing. Though he loves his home, he...
To win her heart
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But...
When calls the heart
Oke, Janette
Ebook
Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care. Determined to do the best job she can and fighting to survive the harsh land, Elizabeth is surprised to find her...
Where courage calls a when calls the heart novel
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA special companion story to Hallmark Channel's When Calls the Heart TV seriesBeth Thatcher has spent her entire life in the safe, comfortable world her father's wealth provides. Now she's about to leave it all behind to teach in the rugged foothills of western...
A worthy pursuit
Witemeyer, Karen.
Paper Book
A teacher on the run. A bounty hunter in pursuit. Can two enemies learn to trust each other before they both lose what they hold most dear? Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted...

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